Comments on: Who Are the Top Amazon Reviewers?

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:02:02 +0000

Harriet is the real deal. Four or five books a day isn’t hard. There are some of us just wired into drinking them up within a couple of hours. Of course, we’re not talking War and Peace, we’re talking sci-fi, fantasy, romance, legal dramas, murder mysteries, etc.

This ‘Grady Harp’ on the other hand….hmmm.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:16:28 +0000

Wow, what a seamy underbelly. Thanks for the read!

By: Moon

Moon — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:34:00 +0000

The REAL reviews you have to watch out for are reviews from people who work at the company that sending you stuff – Amazon Storefronts.

I just bought something at a store because ALL of the reviews for this company were 4 or 5 stars and there were maybe 20 of them. Not a single one of those reviews mentioned the Return Policy, which has to be the worst return policy EVER: “We don’t accept returns, but maybe if you call and plead your case, we MAY, under extreme circumstances, accept your return, but charge you a TWENTY FIVE PERCENT re-stocking fee.” Nice.

By: L1

L1 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:03:56 +0000

The reality on the ground is that, if you wish to read an accurate review prior to a purchase, you
1) look at the consumer reviews on Amazon.
2) Look up the top reviewers in that product’s category and finally
3) Toss any reviews from people that are on the top 10 reviewers list out and read the remaining ones.

Web 2.0 at its finest.

By: gwendy

gwendy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:27:40 +0000

Count me in as another Amazon reviewer with a handful of reviews. I glance at the customer reviews but don’t make them the deciding factor if I want to buy the book or not.

By: nutmeag

nutmeag — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:54:41 +0000

Stuff like this really makes me lose faith in reviews. Who CAN you trust these days!?!

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:24:13 +0000

Four or five books a day? I call B.S.

I’m the more typical reviewer (I’m fixedgear there as well) with a dozen or so reviews.